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Washington, District of Columbia

Columbus School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1925
Institution type
Private
J.D. formats
Full-time and Part-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
161
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.68
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$61,580
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
182
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
79.6%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
90.4%
2025 graduates

Latest verified values from ABA required disclosures. Each dataset describes a different class, as labelled. The job share is PreLaw Advisor’s arithmetic (full-time, long-term bar-passage-required positions ÷ total graduates), not an ABA-published figure.

First-time bar passage — 2023 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2024 report)
Covers
Report year 2024
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
84.5%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
79.3%
Difference
+5.21 pts
First-time takers
103
87 passed

The weighted jurisdiction rate is the average first-time pass rate in the jurisdictions where this school’s graduates tested, weighted by the number of takers. It gives context for the school’s own rate.

First-time results by jurisdiction
JurisdictionTakersPassersSchool %Jurisdiction %Difference
District of Columbia625690.3%83.4%+6.91
Maryland171376.5%69%+7.49
9 Remaining Jurisdictions131076.9%74.7%+2.18
Virginia11872.7%76.4%-3.70

Ultimate bar passage — 2021 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2024 report)
Covers
Report year 2024
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
86.8%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
117
Takers
114
Passers
99

Ultimate passage counts graduates who passed any bar exam within two years of graduating. It is a different measure from first-time passage and covers an earlier graduating class.

First-time passage history

First-time pass rate by graduating class
Graduating classSchoolJurisdictions
202590.4%81.9%
202483.1%81.1%
202384.5%79.3%
202278.2%77.2%
202173.7%78.9%
202088.6%76.7%
201980.2%74.1%
201878.7%69.8%
201773.8%73.3%